PBF Sermon Audio

Text: Matthew 1:1-25

Outline:

1. Jesus is the Messiah by virtue of His human lineage.

2. Jesus is the Messiah by virtue of His divine birth.

3. Jesus is the Messiah by virtue of His saving work.

Sermon Text: Psalm 110

Outline:

1. Understand the Messiah’s Exaltation

2. Follow the Messiah’s Kingship

- Rules with Divine Authority

- Gathers a Holy Army

- Secures a Global Victory

3. Take Comfort in the Messiah’s Priesthood

- Serves in a Better Ministry

- Provides Eternal Assurance

Outline:

Introduction

- Understand the Selah

- Trust the Superscriptions

1. Cry Out to God (3:1-2)

2. Have Confidence in God (3:3-4)

- The God who Protects

- The God who Restores

- The God who Answers

3. Take Comfort in God (3:5-6)

4. Expect Help from God (3:7-8)

Sermon Text: Leviticus 11:1-47

Outline:

1. Fellowship with God is life and blessedness; separation from God is death and cursedness.

2. The cleanliness laws are about avoiding or overcoming death in order to enjoy life.

3. The cleanliness laws picture a grave reality: death is not merely physical and external, but spiritual and internal.

4. The dead in sin are made alive in Christ through faith.

Sermon Text: Leviticus 10:1-20

Outline:

1. There is only one way to approach God and live.

2. The priests' role is crucial in the way to life.

3. Jesus Christ is the only way of approach to God.

4. The disciple-maker's role is one of compassionate boldness.

Text: Psalm 67

Outline:

1. Pray for God’s Blessing

2. Pray for God’s Kingdom

• Gracious Salvation

• Glad Obedience

• Global Praise

3. Pray for God’s Glory

Sermon Text: Leviticus 9:1-24

Outline:

1. Good news: man has fellowship with God through His prescribed means.

1.1. A qualified priesthood

1.2. Offering appropriate sacrifices

1.3. In worship to God

2. Christ has revealed the glory of the Father to us.

2.1. By His own priesthood

2.2. Through His own sacrifice

2.3. In His own person

3. As NT priests, we lead others to reconciliation and worship through Christ.

Text: Leviticus 8:1-36

Outline:

1. The uncleanness/holiness continuum

1.1. holy things profaned by sin become common (clean/unclean)

1.2. clean things polluted by sin/disease become unclean

1.3. unclean things cleansed by washings and blood sacrifice become clean

1.4. clean things purified by blood sacrifices become holy

2. God sanctifies the unclean for holy service

3. As NT priests we are:

3.1. qualified by the single sacrifice of our great high priest

3.2. called to the zealous pursuit of personal holiness

Sermon Text: Leviticus 6:8-7:38

Outline:

1. The work of the priesthood is most holy.

1.1. pursue holiness

1.2. pursue ministry

2. The reward of the priesthood is most blessed.

2.1. temporal blessings

2.2. eternal blessings

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:18-28

Outline:

1. Life in the last hour consists of...

...responding to opposition...

...remembering the truth...

...and remaining in the truth.

2. Abiding in the last hour leads to confidence at Christ's return, not shame.